georgeharper said:
You are absolutely 100% incorrect.
Well in reality Canada being in Afghanistan for the Americans has made Canada a more dangerous place for Canadians.
No ducky, the world was a dangerous place that saw innocents suffer from the effects of terrorism long before Canada entered Afghanistan. Munich '72 anyone? Northern Ireland anyone? Spain anyone? Diplomat dead in trunk of car in Quebec anyone?
September 11th 2001 saw terrorist attacks upon innocents which took thousands of lives (including
Canadians -- you seem to have conveniently forgotten); and occured
before Canada went into Afghanistan -- not
FOR the Americans as you erroneously state -- but at the REQUEST of, and with the approval of, the United Nations.
People in Saudi Arabia, the real breeding ground for terrorism, are as worse off, if not more worse off,and brutalized by an American supported dictatorship than Afghans are.
An Amercian supported dicatatorship? The breeding ground for terrorism?? While you do have a nationality correct in your looney musings, you need to check your nearest Atlas forthwith. While Osama himself is a Saudi (as are many other terrorists, also Syrian, Morrocan, Egyptian, Jordanian ... etc etc etc), the breeding ground is not limited to Saudi Arabia -- and their sanctioned training ground was
Afghanistan; that being exactly the reason we find ourselves engaged there today. Simply put, the Taliban 'government' of Afghanistan was asked by the International community and the United Nations to deal with those responsible for the terrorist attacks which occured on 9/11 and which killed "thousands of innocents". The Taliban instead chose to ignore requests to do so, and harboured those terrorists within their borders in full support of their terroristic activities. Some nations, with balls, just said "no -- you can not allow mass murders who've killed thousands to roam free". A lovely benefit of that decision, was the freeing up of human rights for the opressed Afhganis themselves who were forced to live under the Taliban regime, who went on to find themselves being afford the right and opportunity to vote in elections. I don't know about being worse-off in Saudi Arabia either, given that women are actively involved in banking, retail trades, etc. Sure, they don't drive cars (but that's currently being looked at), but they can and do certainly go out in public alone (hard to find that in the western media); they even have access to the internet. Just do a googlesearch and you're sure to find lots of posts and blogs by Saudi women living there that will sort out some of the myths you seem overwhelmed by. Times are changing in Saudi Arabia -- slowly but surely.
Why are Canadian soldiers not making life better for them?
Canadian soldiers serve where their government tells them to. You don't like that, then cast your vote appropriately -- just like those Afghanis who now enjoy their childrens ability to obtain an education, those women who are finding themselves with the opportunity to work and vote, to sing and to play music in public without fear of being dragged to the nearest soccer stadium and shot. I guess you'll be limited to the Green Party or the NDP here ... seeing as it were the Liberals who sent us in in the first place and that the Tories are continuing with this just and noble mission.